446* EMiBASSY«WG|HNA.
Hân-chÔô- foö^!
fcög and* jStenÜèntiliiaiwMspnnktiownsiiti-:sEuTOjjèr- overhung
many of the^graves; > Thërebw'as
other tombs, oTev&y fond, in earthy stopband wood,;
This platje ^©ms-tn beïönè of the great bèryipgcplaces
M o n g iif^ '^ '^ n ^ c h t^ ^ iH b o iït té' common; also, in
this part of China, to meet coffins in; thé fields,*rgarden?,
a n d ü p ó n t h f i s id e P o f ro k d i, as well aslfrequently ; npön
thé banks of the grand canal. S É H M N ^ fN '
H In this public
without a visit by persons accompanied byvtorohts, to
pay their respects to their deceased relations/whbse
monuments they decorate with: slips of silk or painted
paper, besides strewing flowers andÏ burning perfumes.
before them. * ■ f"
The last mentioned plate'exhibits a vie wjofiitfeJake
See-hoo, and tower bof tbb Thunde ring^hdsy taken
from the vale of tombs. v : ^ - ;
A circuinStkhce'happened about this time altogether
trifling in itself, but which serves to shew, upon bow
ligh t a ground * the Chinese are aptiltpv-take afor<m> at
any thing done by strangers. In the distribution of the
baggage belonging to the whole of thfe Embassy, then
about to separate, some of it which was intended tocon-;
tinue with those who were to proceed? directly to Canton,
was carried by mistake on board the barges bound
for Chu-san, and then lying in a small canal which led
thither. To rectify this mistake, three gentlemen of thé
.-Embrfs^y.f>tdgefah:er. with a,'mandarine and'his servant,
Set p,ut for,the Chu-san barges^ éarly-oba morning. • They
rodé round(itihe^#as^rix ,parti of ,th)f |tij;y,3 and - aver a
pleasant plain, jto, the bank of fhe'rivj^r,. , There t-hey
irvoia rued „wag^on&f i covered •> with carpets and furnished
with jeushious^lfd^ed .with cotton and eaye^ed.withisilk
to jsitJ,.imon,jànd drawn each ,by tbçéeiïbrisk buffaloes
abrèasfj The bu|&loestiwer|rcôndpçiéck-byjmèânS of a
cord!passedjthrough, the cartilage cff théidosfiaassoacneIs
usually^ are. The^ytaggejnec j umping upon the, middle
buffaloe, the-anigiakset off in a full, gallop'toward/tip
wafer,,drito which theM plunged without hesitation*; \and
proceeded twhile within their^depth, w^ifn^a small boat
took ihf. tTiay’elle.rsjtq the opposite*, sidé.of the^piwen: from
whgE^ejthey went in chairs about a m^ato the Chu-san
.panai.,' Therçjthëy sawjithe'propéir .alterations, made>a& to
rheudestinatipp* of ,thig?liaggage ;j, and theA<;set out upon
iheb still lying in tfielbason pfsthe
grand .canal» Having „crossed, ' the’ riyer and cbent their
course directly; to the „city, through which thehgëhtle-
men knewithat the shortest; way,to the,bason fay; but
them companion ihe mandarine.,-owho. had pjcgchteff to
conduct them round itl walls, a? he had^oh<ÿri ‘sefctpg
oyt,<'conceiving[it was unfit for strai^f|sitdbdyall©wed
to traverse,thç,city, whjehu however, theyjjad, done already
with .Yan-ta-Zhin, dispatchecbprivalely-a,messenger
to have the gates shut immediately*>ttgainst them.